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            Am               G               F                 E             Am              G                 F               E
Some people say a man is made outta mud    A poor man's made outta muscle 'n blood...
 Am            G                Dm                       Am                                   E                 Am
Muscle an' blood an' skin an' bone    A mind that's weak and a back that's strong

Am                       G           F                 E          Am               G            F                E
You load sixteen tons an' whaddya get?    Another day older an' deeper in debt
          Am                 G                    Dm                 Am                              E             Am
Saint Peter doncha call me 'cause I can't go    I owe my soul to the company store

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I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine    Picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
Loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal    And the strawboss said, "Well, bless my soul!"

Chorus

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I was born one morning in the drizzlin' rain    Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in the canebreak by an' ol' mama lion    Ain't no high-tone woman make me walk the line.

Chorus

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 Am               G                    F       E            Am             G           F                E
If ya see me comin' better step aside    A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
Am                                    Dm                              Am                                               E              Am
With one fist of iron, the other of steel    If the right one don' getcha then the left one will.

Chorus

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